Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 3411 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 March 1944) |
| Missions: | 6 |
History of
B-17 42-31672 / Buckeye Boomerang II
Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG Bassingbourn 23/1/44; Missing in Action 6m Stuttgart 20/3/44 with Frank Turk, Co-pilot: Franklin Whitcomb, tog-Chester Knowles, ttg-Dale Jackson, Ball turret gunner: Edmond Vogler, Waist gunner: Norman Pero, Waist gunner: Neil Gillis,Tail gunner: Tom Lardin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Don Stairs (evaded capture – helped by French underground and back to UK 21/5/44); Navigator: Jim Grube (Killed in Action); flak and enemy aircraft KO’d #2 plus other damage, crashed St Ouen-le-Mauger, two miles SW of Bacqueville, 11 miles SW of Dieppe, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3411. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG II.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 25 May 2018
25. November 2025 access_time 12:41
Tiny detail: it is Edmund J Vogler Service nr 12154329 see MACR 3411 pg 50
17. February 2026 access_time 4:06
My Dad, 1st Lt. Walter G. Quarve, was a bombardier on Buckeye Boomerang 2. I can find the crew photo but no names are mentioned.